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The city of Lowell and the Global War Veterans, an organization for those who served in the military after Vietnam, will dedicate a new Veterans Memorial at the Westlawn I Cemetery which is at 155 Boston Road (behind Edson Cemetery). Besides memorializing veterans, this site will also contain the appropriate…
Read More »More than one hundred Greater Lowell veterans, their families, elected officials and others from the community gathered at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium this morning for a Veterans Day ceremony. Greater Lowell Veterans Council Commander Bob Cronin, shown above on the stage of the Auditorium, served as Master of Ceremonies. State…
Read More »The World War Two veterans monument on the grounds of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, by Tony Sampas.
Read More »A few days ago we posted a Veterans Day essay by Steve O’Connor. Steve ended with a passage about the grave of Edward Rowe who was killed in World War One. After reading the essay, our World War One archivist, Eileen Loucraft, found the 1918 newspaper story announcing Rowe’s death.…
Read More »The Greater Lowell Veterans Council will honor those who have served in the military with a ceremony tomorrow that begins at 10 am in the Lowell Memorial Auditorium’s Hall of Flags with a speaking program to be immediately followed by a wreath laying ceremony at the various monuments on the…
Read More »The nationally recognized website Politico carries a story today with this headline: “Midterm elections offer grim omen for Scott Brown’s future.” The story quotes UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan (“Obviously, the results show that Massachusetts is, at its core, a Democratic state – It has been a reliable Democratic state…
Read More »Tony Sampas visits Hadley Field at the corner of Baldwin and Middlesex Streets to photograph the Middlesex Village World War Two monument.
Read More »I’m pleased that City Councilor Patrick Murphy’s motion to extend the vote in municipal elections passed last night. Hopefully our legislators will guide the resulting bill through the home rule process on Beacon Hill until it becomes law. To let it languish there would just fuel the same type of…
Read More »Tonight I joined forty others at the Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union headquarters at 1 Tremont Place for the screening of the Academy Award winning documentary, “Maya Lin: A strong clear vision” by the Lowell Film Collaborative in cooperation with the Arts League of Lowell in honor of Veterans Day. Suzz…
Read More »MICHALOPOULOS SQUARE, Corner of Suffolk and Market Streets: “Private Athanasios C. Michalopoulos Born 1895 Killed in Action France July 1918 He Gave His Life To Preserve Liberty and Freedom” Two of our contributors, Tony Sampas and Eileen Loucraft unintentionally but serendipitously collaborate today to help us remember Private Athanasios C.…
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